Introduction

Advances in imaging technology, standardisation of experimental protocols,environmental sensing and control, data analysis and trait elucidation will beconsidered in relation to the development of agronomically important crops, andthe selection of algal strains for high yielding commercial culture.

Symposium

IPAP will feature a host of keynote speakersfrom around the world, including Professors Bob Furbank (Australia), Hong GilNam (South Korea) and Richard Sayre (USA), all of whom bring uniqueperspectives to the expanding science of plant and algal phenotyping.

Workshop

IPAP includes a one day workshop (with anoptional one day extension) at the new PSI Phenotyping Research Center locatedin the beautiful Moravian countryside. Here, delegates will have the opportunityfor hands-on operation of novel technologies for numerous aspects of plant andalgal phenotyping. Growth room, greenhouse and field phenotyping systems willbe featured. Large and small scale photobioreactors will be in operation. Thenew center offers complete phenotyping services, as well as allowing visitingscientists to conduct proof-of-concept experiments.

Topics Include

?     Design of next generation plant phenotyping equipment

?     Standardisation of protocols for comprehensive analysisof meta-data

?     From controlled environment to the field: protocols andprojections

?     Integration of genomic and phenomic data analysis

?     Methods for in situ root imaging

?     Novel approaches in cyanobacteria biotechnology -High-throughput CyanoScreen

Keynote Speakers

?     Dr. Jeremy Harbinson, Wageningen University, Netherlands

?     Dr. Robert Furbank, CSIRO, Australia

?     Prof. Hong Gil Nam, DGIST, South Korea

?     Dr. Xavier Sirault, CSIRO, Australia

?     Dr. Richard Sayre, Los Alamos National Laboratories, USA

?     Prof. Himadri Pakrasi, Washington University in St.Louis, USA

?     Associate Prof. Erik Murchie, University of Nottingham,UK

?     Prof. David Hanson, University of New Mexico, USA

?     Dr. Kristiina Himanen, University of Helsinki, Finland

?     Dr. Tracy Valentine, The James Hutton Institute, UK

?     Dr. Lukas Spichal, University Palackeho Olomouc, CzechRepublic

?     Dr. Antoine Harfouche, University of Tuscia, Italy

?     Prof. Dr. Uwe Rascher, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Please join us for what promises to be a stimulating conference in one ofEuropes most exciting cities.

With kind regards,

IPAP 2015, Organizing Committee

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